Bas aise hee

Hey friends....

This time we are meeting after almost 7 months and yes! happy new year to you all..

this time i came late with same reason..job hunting but at end i got the job... so its with a minor difference..

What is my job you would sure like to ask ... well... I got job in a German based engineering firm located outside/inside the city. and what do i have to do?

Work on SAP system making purchase orders..and stuff....

Unique are the god's ways... I was praying constantly to the guy up there to give me a good sitting job away from my natural marketing jobs and away from my city.. possibly even outside gujarat. He accepted my prayers in a partial way though, he gave me a job in a reputed German engineering firm with which i would get a SAP experience and go ahead and where? You can say, its in the district i live in.. you can also say.. its outside the district... I got a job near Savali village near vadodara right near the expressway of Baroda-Ahmedabad. Top of it all, I get Weekend off as is the norm nowdays for MNC... so i can pursue my interests there. And I am loving it! Of course you have to love it when you eat hot "bhajiyas and samosas every week in office or every 3rd day sometimes for some reasons.hahahaha right, We do celebrate the weekend with this hot breakfast.

So much has happened during these 7 months... life, people, country etc etc.

I got a nice camera for my interest in photography.. Of course its just a small digital camera and not Hi fi like Nikon and Canon... but I am loving it and have shot some nice shots... Want to see some? http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=1163499024&aid=2067367.

plus the two beautiful images at the starting of this page also signifies it...

Hows the butterfly by the way guys? It is sitting like its modelling for the photo session..You can see it in my facebook link... and one of them is already posted here..This time we are meeting after almost 7 months and yes! happy new year to you all..

this time i came late with same reason..job hunting but at end i got the job... so its with a minor difference..

Sometimes when you get something good... then also you always yearn for more... if only i would have got this much more.. if only i would have got this post.. This IF ONLY always comes in middle...

just like Our P.M Mr. Manmohan singh said last week... "I am not alone responsible for all the things that happened... Dont make me a scapegoat". Ya right! We all know under whom you function and who is the Real prime minister. If only the scams would not have happened. hee haw....

Photography...one of man's psychological desire to capture something outside his limits of memory so as to remember and see for later time... I wonder how it must have started as a hobby when one of the earliest cameras must have been invented and then transformed into a professional thing. Fashion photography, nature photography, candid photography, dark photography and yes! Right photography for films also.

Man and his unique ways to come up and be recognised. Surely a matter of research.

and what cameras... first it was kodak and other simple cameras , started with roles of 36 and then slowly moved to digital cameras where you can actually see what you are going to shoot and do the settings.. settings for inside, settings for sunrise/sunset, settings for pets shooting.. etc etc... list goes on and to where it is now.. smile photography where the camera shoots only when you smile .. but what if one does not wanna smile and just give a serious pose? hmmm then buy another serious camera. HAHAHA. Now Canon and Nikon rocks the market coming up with various cameras of different alphanumerical names. D700, D300, 78P . Shakespeare if alive today would have revised his line and said " there are many things in name buddy" 

And yes! One surprise for me last week as well.. I passed my D.C.A,yes I now have 2 degrees . ha!.. yes that last exam I was talking about in my last blog , I just had to do and submit a project and I did submit a project.. hohoho...

lots of things to be written... yet less time.. things on amitabh bacchan, things on photography, philosophy , village people and their simple ways... but with time.. passes the time and with passing of the time... passes the man.. wow...good line what say? Man going abroad to earn more.. man coming back to earn more...people earning just good enough and living satisfactory...And a man living in a mansion called antilla with tag of most richest man in world and generating light bill of 40 lakhs in his home of just 5 persons.. is not this paradox? where the same energy can be useful to other poor people in country, the energy is used in his 5 -8 storey house for just 5 people. ha!

will come soon with a serious post next time.. this was just a hi hello type for the new year..

Surprises all the way

Hi guys
Sorry for coming late yet again. This time also, the same reason . Searching job(s)....

Finally after a heavy showtime of summer season, the monsoon has finally settled in India. Some of the parts have experienced floods and some are yet to get that experience. Monsoon always gives a surprise to everyone all over the world.

I also got the best surprise of my life recently. I had got ATKT in my 1st semester of my DCA and had given exam for my 2nd semester also. Though I had worked hard this time, I was sure that I would get atleast 1 ATKT in one subject.
The result was yet to come and it got 3 months for the results to come out.
0ne fine evening, I got a sms from a friend that the results had came out , so I went to college to check out my results of both semesters with full belief that I would get hitched once again. I was the only one to reach there first.

I first checked out my 1st semester results and voila!! I got passed right by the dot marks needed to pass. Then i gathered courage and checked out my 2nd semester results and to my most shocked surprising happiness, I had cleared my 2nd semesters also with flying colors. I didn't know what to do or whether I was seeing a dream , so I asked a faculty passing by, if what I was seeing was correct, and she confirmed it.

We have seen students having tears in their eyes because of their bad results but here I was, feeling some drops forming in his eyes for the first time because he had passed in all subjects. So accustomed I had became to getting ATKT results that This shock was hard to digest but finally I did it.Of course this results were the hard work of me only , having toiled hard for 3 nights without sleeping for each subject, but you can never expect any good news from our college.

see ya soon
Kuldip

The question of The D day in everyone's life.

Hey guys
 Sorry for not coming the whole month as I was very busy after exams and exams and exams.. the list can go on. and on.
Come April and the time of exams stars . And also the time to make everyone APRIL FOOL.

I did manage to make some of my friends the APRIL FOOL by playing a small traditional prank .
Half marriage. yes! engagement. They did get fooled of course but some are smart and did not get fooled.
But that make me thought for a while about this whole marriage thing.

Everyone , almost everyone, manages to marry or say, marries in his/her lifetime. Some do not marry and choose to live a more satisfied life their way. Some marry their sweetheart from school/college/workplace, some marry in traditional arranged marriage way and some as per the new marriage style.. same gender.hahaha
Forget about the last sentence. That was just a joke. So how easily we get grown up and then have our own thoughts and ideas for this 'marriage ' thing. My own brother had a rather dramatic marriage , the first in the family by doing 'love Marriage'. We will go into it sometime later.

It set me thinking one fine day in April this year , if I would choose to marry or not or rather I should marry or not when proposals started coming for my brother Abhijit's marriage based in wipro in Bangalore. We have always been on joking mode between us brothers on the topic of marriage . Even it got me into double thinking of how we grow up so soon , when just a year before, my family started topic of marriage and groom searching for my cousin sister. How we were just kids or teenagers and we or rather I would terrorize my sister by playing different pranks and would try to make her cry so often and how we have grown up now that she is big enough to carry herself for marriage and would go away in a year or so .

My brother does not want to marry , he says so, this soon . He earlier said , he would think of marriage after 4 years., then slowly over time, he came down to just 2 years, now don't know whether he would still lower another year or so .His ambitions and ideas of course.But the question remains? should one marry because he/she has just came of age or should marry when he/she  is internally ready?

So when should one marry to decide to marry? When he is financially independent , secure in everything , of age? Or as per the society norms? the question remains unanswered every time because of different views.
How should one choose a life partner? Does one's responsibility end or begin after marriage? Rather I think it does begin.
As per my belief, one should choose his/her life partner such, that the partners should carry each other or say, compliment each others life . They should help each other over reaching their goals , whether they are financial, spiritual, or other life goals. After 40 years , one should not think that he/she had made a mistake by marriage.

Personally speaking, I dont plan to marry at all and even if i plan to do so , i will marry a person who can take me ahead in my life goals and also help me and I can also be of help to her somewhat. I dont understand how people do manage to fall in love. What chemical reactions happen when a person falls in love? ha! some other time again for this discussion.

Well , I had many thoughts but I am not here to write about the institution of marriage, just came here to share my thoughts . Marriage if not done they say is bad and if done is also bad after some time. so what to do?
experience the laddoo or not to eat the laddoo and be happy in seeing others married lives?

see ya
kulls.

Driving to life for death?

Hey guys...

Happy belated holi for starting and gudi padva for today for my maharastrian friends .

India is a land of festivals for sure and a land of unpredictability.Nothing happens for days and when It happens , they happen in numbers. Whether it is scandals , accidents , business etc etc..

I was reminded of an accident that occurred in my city in front of my eyes and so was tempted to write it down here. Accidents like I said, do happen anywhere , all of sudden, anytime, at any place.

I myself have had number of accidents but have came out of it strongly with minor injuries by god's grace. But the one I witnessed few days ago , I can not say whether the person came out or went up in accident, but I can guess that , there was no report of it in next day's newspaper , the person must have survived and have been  well.

I was passing through one of the busiest route of Baroda called jail road on my way to college few days back. One guy in his 20's was crossing the road in his 'Masti'. He was oblivious or unmindful of the surroundings or traffic around him and was walking like the guy in the mobile advertisement does smsing on his mobile and getting hit by car at end.

At the same time, a guy from the opposite side also in his early 20's came at full speed on his pulsar bike enjoying the cool speed and trying to be a john abraham. He came so fast that he could hardly control his speed nor could have time to apply for brakes and rammed into the guy crossing the road.

Both fell down and broke their crown and bike came tumbling after.{ on them actually} Enough crowd gathered there creating commotion

The guy on the bike hit the footpath and immediately  went unconscious, the guy walking had minor bruises only. I immediately went there and saw that the bike guy had blood coming from his nose which I know from somewhere is bad  and was not moving at all. I called the 108 ambulance service and they came in less then 3 mins at the scene and took the boy away. I just had to pray to god that he would not pass from this world and went on my way , a little late in time.

But that made me think again, why do these guys try to prove that they are 'someone' and risk their lives as well as other's lives as well. Just because they have a speed machine , they think that they are rulers of the road. And why do people not see properly while crossing the road , thinking that it is the duty of the other person to mind the rule not his?

2 stupid idiots fool

see ya guys... will come soon with another interesting topic or story.

kulls.

making an impact?

What do you do when you are visited by someone to inspect you or your firm or institution ? What do you do to impress them that they give you some stars and grants? 

You try every rule in the book to impress them and earn accolades.

Thats what one of ex-famous or once upon a time famous now in-famous institution of learning did this month.... yes, am talking about the M.S.University of Baroda which was once famous for learning and now also it is famous but for all the wrong reasons.

The university was visited by a "Naac Team" which is supposed to give accreditation or grants to colleges and asses the performance last week.

And as usual before the team came... the college which in regular days was a dustbin literally or in garbage condition was spotlessly clean and the pale buildings were painted and all the dust cleaned to give a good impression. Even the classrooms which were  literally like store rooms were so clean that the students could hardly believe their eyes that this is the university they are studying in.Overnight the parking facilities came in place where earlier the students could park their vehicles wherever they could please to.

And now comes the fun part. It is reported that the team though impressed by the outer cleanliness was not impressed with the inner 'person' of the college . In the presentation given by the vice chancellor , he gave importance on its history and how it was made on which the team was irritated and asked him straight on what was the achievements of past 4 years and what would be the future agenda or plans of the university. You just can not go on with your past always. The team which was just to visit 2 faculties then formed a team and decided to visit other faculties as well. 

The way mockery was made by the team on the university , if it continues in future, I am sure that the day is not too far when the college would be deprived of grants and other basic amenities.

see ya guys...

Kulls, kullu, kulli..

 

Hey guys,

Back again...

Have you ever encountered a co- incidence or something like that in your life? We all have some or the other time at some places . There are endless cases of them.

The co- incidence i am thinking about right now is the earthquake that happened in Haiti recently this month. Is it a co incidence ?

You must be thinking of why I am giving it this name. We all must have in memory of our minds the earthquake of Gujarat , specially in saurasthra region. It happened exactly 10 years before on republic day in January. I can remember it very well because I was in 10th std at that time and I was enjoying the wonderful holiday sleeping in bed when my bed began shaking violently.I thought it was my mom trying to shake me out of my bed and sleep , so when I opened my eyes, I was shocked to see no one near me. Wow! For the first time I had experienced earthquake.All ran out of the house only to return 5 mins back safely . God had spared Baroda. But  it was January month at year 2000 .

And this haiti quake happened in Jan 2010 . Exactly 10 years after. Is this co incidence or nature trying to warn us or tell us something. This Haiti earthquake has not even spared the presidential palace there. Nature when furious spares no one.  god's or nature's sense of humour is going sick day by day. Playing practical jokes on people who are backward compared to other world and that too in a place of Haiti. sick humor...

bye guys.... see you sometime soon.

Mumbai visit part 2

HI Friends
A very very happy new year to you and wish you a great year ahead...
Its been almost 15 days to be exact that I last wrote about mumbai visit part 1 . But what to do, I had to make another visit to mumbai after that ,so , I thought I would sum up the visit in my next blog here.

So last time, I explained that , i would tell something about the people there. common people to be exact.Contrary to the popular belief , people there mind their own business and do not interfere in other's matters  or affairs, but if someone asks them for a small help, they do oblige. That's my own personal experience. I had many times asked strangers at the railway stations if a particular local train would take me to my desired location just to be sure that I am not late and end up reaching somewhere, and they have readily obliged by giving me the right direction. The people there are also somewhat miser,  when they have to shell out money change, specially the shop owners in and around the railway stations. Even if they have piles of coins lying around them, they say they dont have change when one wants a mere 5 ruppee change for phone calls .And i thought that only Ahmadabad guys are misers.

The tourist places literally loot the people of their money also thinking that all people who come there are rich and would have thousands of bucks in their pockets.
After my exam ended at 12 pm, i went straight to marine drive which was just a half kilometers from the exam center. Having spent around 45 minutes there, I went again to the Gateway of India to pass time as I had nothing to do the whole day and had to catch my train back at midnight only.
Last time i had visited my cousin , due to lack of time, we could not go to Eliphanta Caves situated at backside of the Gateway of India. So I saw myself suddenly taking the ticket and sitting on the ferry boat with other passengers on my way to Eliphanta Caves. It took us around half hour to reach the destination. It was such a joy to be among deep sea water around you once again after many many years.

But regretfully, we have also made the sea dirty as hell. uptil 5 km atleast, you can see the dirt and other pollutants sailing along the sea. It makes you think, that on one hand, we complain about the pollution and ways to control it, and on other hand, we ourselves do this to our natural habitats and environment. I wish I could show you uptil what extent the sea was polluted , but I did not click pictures of the dirty water there. the ferry amusingly charges 10 Rupees extra for going to the upper deck to have a full view in addition to 120 Bucks charged for transportation. Thats what i was talking about looting people.

So , we reached the destination in around half hour or so. The place can be called as an island itself. What a beautiful place! From the deck to the staircase, there is a toy train which takes people there in case they dont choose to walk all the way. from staircase, you have to walk up around half a kilometer up with small shops lined up on both sides selling sea articles and other related things. They take entry fee as usual to get in the caves area.

The Eliphanta Caves are around thousands of years old dating back to year 450 and 750 AD when the island was known as Gharapuri (Place of Caves). The Portuguese renamed the island Elephanta because of a large stone elephant near the shore. The statue collapsed in 1814 and the British then moved it to the mainland.
There are around 10 caves there with spectacular ,extraordinary , marvelous statues which the modern architects can hardly think to make still standing today. Although , some of them are damaged owning to time and lack of proper care but they are excellent to watch. Mainly the statues consist of Shiva and Parvati and Buddha statues . Statue of Natraja and others are treat to watch with one statue of Buddha meditating.
Like I said, the modern architects lack the vision and strength to make these type of structures. If at all they make, I doubt , how many years these structures can stand tall after 30 years.
The people who made these things or statues to say must have been great architects, visionaries, and greatly talented to say the least about them. I was left wondering on how can such great things be made completely out of solid rocks and given the proper turn in case of women statues.
There is around a 20 feet idol of lord shiva with 3 heads. Wow! With proper face and jewels worth of  Shivji. Once again., dont have proper words to express what i saw.
Here are some pics of what i am talking about:

 

 

 

Now , I will show you the big shivling and the 20 feet statue i was talking about of lord Shiva.

 

 

After seeing this wonderful structures, I went for a short trekking up on the hills where there is a land owned by Indian Navy and where there are 2 big cannons kept for display. I soon reached to the top of the island where I could see the whole Mumbai ahead with the sea in front of me and also the whole area around me. I could say for that moment that I was on the top of Mumbai or world.

Lets see some of the pics of which i am talking about here.

This is the place from where I entered the island and from where we have to walk to half a km before climbing the stairs up. imagine how much I would have walked to see this in front of me.fabulous right

I had estimated that I would come down around 2-3 hours when i went there from Gateway of India and join my friend for a movie, but it took me around 5 hours to come down and half hour extra to reach back and join my other friend for dinner.  To say the least again of Mumbai railway station, one station I liked most is the Churchgate station..

I would request you all to go to this place once in a lifetime and enjoy the beautiful structures of those people back then. and yes, whenever you go out in the sea or any other natural environement, please dont pollute it.these all places are our places and we need to preserve it.atleast for future generations.

Bye Bye for now..

Kuldip

mumbai visit. part 1

hey guys.....

Ya , I think I am addicted to internet and blog. Its been a part of my everyday life. Such that if I sleep without cheking my mails and some sites at night, I feel I have missed out something that day.

What to do? Aadat se majbur.

So right now, I will tell you some of my experiences of my mumbai visits this year .

This year, you can say has been one of travelling year. Though I can say that I have not travelled that much , but still what do you tell of a person who does not  go out of his city that often and all of sudden , he is let loose on his own to do things he wants to do? thats what is happening to me nowdays.. Suddenly and unexpectedly, I am travelling .

My first visit to Mumbai after so many many years was approximately in august 2009. I had last visited it when maybe I was begginning to come in my teen years. I was going to pay a visit to my cousin who was working there and was calling me .

I was having a pre impression of mumbai, that it is a noiseless city infested with careless people having attitude of " I don't care a damn" and with "bhai log". and a crowdy city and some more.

But to say that only 2 of my pre conceived notions came true. Rest may have been overlooked or ignored by me or may not have been in my luck to see.

I stayed in one of Mumbai's silent area called goregaon ,infested with malls every 10 meters. Though it was among malls, it was still silent . The first time I stayed in west area crowded with malls and other shops, second time i stayed in east area, which I was surprised to find was filled up with a semi jungle area  and some hill station type of view . wow... was i dreaming?! trees in Mumbai? But that was true.

Ok so you might be thinking that we might have been roaming around in mumbai the most of the day  and drinking  away. No, wrong. I stayed there for around a week , and to say the least we never actually traveled during the daytime. Only after noon, we did think of going out. and why? Because my too good great brothers slept up til noon while, I idled away on tv and net . what can i do? I cant sleep more after 7 am at the most. Such sleeping energy, people have got.

We traveled in mumbai's luxurious local transport system. Yes, am talking of local trains. hoards and hoards of guys come out and in of each local trains daily . it is a miracle as to how the guys there manage to have the local trains on time each day. You don't have to worry about going in or out. Just stand there facing the direction you want to go , and you will get there automatically with 50 people behind you pushing you out or in.

But it did give me fun to travel in local trains such that i actually looked forward to it every time. And it also provided me enough practice to actually get some space inside before I would come there again.I think, the local trains should be awarded some award of some type of best public transport system or something. the local trains have improved much much compared to before.

Well, we travelled to usual places there ,  that is juhu beach, gateway of India, Marine Drive , etc, and yes would the journey be complete without seeing the house of the superstar of millenium Mr Bachchan?. Just sad that didnt get to see him .

The pigeons at india gate are  a site to watch. They have formed a practice to take grains from your hands. Great. Atleast they teach people to trust each other and be innocent . Some lesson to learn.

What do people do when they have had a heavy lunch in a restaurant and then go out for a stroll at juhu beach in evening time? Of course, get wet and eat some pani puris and light weight. But here also, me and my brothers started ordering heavy cheese pizzas and other stuff. People also do have heavy capacity to eat anything , anytime.

And like i said , Mumbai is filled up with malls and malls, so off we went to the nearest mall within walking distance of our place. the Inorbit Mall. I learned recently that it is the biggest mall in India.

Well not surprised, but yes, among all the malls I have seen, this mall has been my favorite to haunt.

Go and visit this mall once if you want some more each and every time but yes with enough bucks in your pocket.

Other great place to visit is Haji Ali dargah. The place is situated right in the middle of the sea we can say. But as you enter from the crowd and noise of the city to this Dargah, you experience a quite serene peaceful atmosphere . you feel such peace inside that you would always like to stay then and there.

Like I said Mumbai is nice city to live in but only if you have enough bucks in your pocket ,otherwise the City does not care who you are even if you are some son of a influenced person also. Money is what matters the most.

Next time , i will write my experiences of the people there in my second part. see you guys soon.

bye bye

kuldip

lost in the market

Hey guys...
Its me again.
Nowdays I am missing Kullu Manali for some Known and unknown reasons. I will tell you a real thing from my explorations there.Funny, yet good.I was lost in the year 2007 when Ihad gone to manali and had got "lost" or wandered away in the manali market.
But having lost or wandered away from my other friends.. nor I was confused nor I was frantic nor nervous. I was simply happy. Iwas enjoying the market. you know why? let me tell you in brief.

It was our third day at the camp and we were led to the hadimba temple premises of the kulu manali.
Before entering in, we were told by our guides or volunteers to come at 12:20 sharp at the same place.It was around 11 am at that time.
We were group of around 60 people. In i went to explore with my friend. there was a crowd in the temple so we decided to move around for some time. during the moving around, my friend got separated from me. after the visit to the temple.. I got to know that there was a small market down the lane.I started for there and got lost in the different shops offering different wodden things and other clothes. so engrossed was i in the shops and wandering around that I did not know what the time was. It was only when i happened to look in one of the shop's clock  selling wooden furniture that i got to know the time. It was 12:45 pm.

SHIT! I said to myself. i am done for. i quicky started running down when i was faced by my two volunteers coming to search me. they saw me and told me," man... you are done for...you had our hearts in our mouths. Now pay after going down and talk with the main guy. what could i do? i simply said sorry and started to go down, but they stopped me and asked me to go by different direction. we went down by different direction from the hills and among the small lane of houses of the locals.
wow! I was so glad that i had made a mistake. I could literally see the clouds coming down and such was the atmospthere that there were no words to describe.  It was raining also.I snapped some pics of the atmosphere  when we were returning down.. And soon we were in the clouds for 4 seconds. wow.Want to see some of them? they are below.

 

 

Soon , we reached to the main market area of manali called nehru chowk and was soon led to the main guide or volunteer. after giving me some few firings to go back to camp and after me saying sorry some 10 times, he relented. and again, I was in midst of my freinds.

Now comes the interesting part. While I was lost or say wanderings, all had gathered down at appointed time and all were asked to see if any of their freinds were missing . they found 1 missing and wondered who was it. My tent mate realised it was me , and shouted, " JHALA. sir, jhala is not there. all started to wonder if I was lost or i was kidnapped. but as soon as they saw me.. all we did was laugh and fun.. The market as such is small but it is filled with different shops selling different things. You can see more foreigners then Indians there.

I recommend everyone once to go to Kulu Manali once in a lifetime. You will not reget it guys.

Kuldip

absent minded professor?

hey guys

how are you? i come to you this time not with any sermon , not with any suggestion , not with any debate.. I come to you this time with a funny incident of my college which happened with me today .

i thought it was too much of long posts and discussions so let me just put up this funny thing...

I have recently started studying for a DCA course in computer. a student of my " caliber" studying something of computer and that too subject of C programming. wow!  But miracles do happen sometimes.

ya, so we gave our first internal exams around 2 months back and the results were just declared last week..Well what to say of our great college. At the time of marks declaration i was not there due to some reason.. Although i am a regular there and all know me including the teaching staff, I was not present during marks giving. I am among the few rare flock who attend his lectures "Regularly".  If you look up at him, you are sure to be reminded of an adult Rabbit. So I expectedly went up today on prior appointment  to the C programming teacher and asked him my marks.

That guy gave me a blank expression giving an impression that i was an alien from outer world. I had to give my introduction 2 times, after that he gave me another blank expression like i was disturbing his afternoon nap. He, fortunately found my paper among his heap of files and paper quickly  and without looking up , hopelessly gave it to me.

Needless to say that the marks on the paper were not much looking after and looking at all of my friends and classmate's paper , comparatively i would say that i had secured marks good enough to laugh about . i had got a single digit mark[s] along with the class scholar.ha ha!

after coming out, i called out my friends who had not got their marks like me and they quickly went in. Looks like he was so frustrated on us or on his day goings that within 5 mins, I saw him go out of college hurriedly.

But mind you, he is a genius in his subject and well read.

ok so here completes my funny incident of the day and i should say a short one.

WOW! I did this short?  I cant believe my eyes man.

see ya.. enjoying another miracle right now.

kuldip